American regulators charged two Chinese executives with defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars by secretly stealing and selling the assets of Puda Coal.
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The former United Nations weapons inspector and fierce critic of the Iraq invasion is still fighting, but now against only himself.
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Team Enterprises, which is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is starting Team TransActive with a pair of executives, Tom Dowdy and Ira Rosenkrantz, who are well known in shopper marketing, a field that focuses on consumers at the point of sale.
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The Venezuelan shipment under President Hugo Chávez flies in the face of international efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and pressure him to step down.
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The publisher of newspapers like The Des Moines Register also stressed its sports properties and digital revenue.
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With his proposal, President Obama enters a debate with Republican lawmakers and candidates who seek even lower taxes for businesses.
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The occupations producing workers who are most and least well-rested, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people.
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The software maker ratcheted up its battle with Google, which acquired Motorola Mobility last year, by accusing the cellphone maker of making its patents too expensive.
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Journalists are reported killed in Syria | Republican candidates hold their final debate.
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